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Mae Iseri Yamada Interview (ddr-densho-1000-267)
Nisei female. Born August 22, 1918, in Thomas, Washington. Grew up in Thomas, where parents ran a grocery store and farm. After the bombing of Pearl Harbor, removed to the Pinedale Assembly Center and Tule Lake concentration camp, California. Married in camp, and went to work in Weiser, Idaho, and Ontario, Oregon. After the war, returned …

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Hand-drawn map of prewar Auburn, Washington (ddr-densho-25-99)
This map was drawn by Mae Iseri Yamada. It shows some of the Japanese-owned farms in the Auburn area before World War II.

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Application for relocation assistance (ddr-densho-25-58)
This application for relocation assistance was filled out on February 15, 1946, by Mae Iseri, under her married name of Mae Yamada. The application lists herself and her two sons. They wished to relocate to Kent, Washington, and were granted $25.

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Mae Iseri Yamada Interview Segment 5 (ddr-densho-1000-267-5)
Father's penchant for communication and customer service

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Mae Iseri Yamada Interview Segment 4 (ddr-densho-1000-267-4)
Description of mother: "even-tempered"

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Mae Iseri Yamada Interview Segment 14 (ddr-densho-1000-267-14)
Father's involvement in forming a PTA for Japanese Americans

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Mae Iseri Yamada Interview Segment 3 (ddr-densho-1000-267-3)
Father's family background, personality

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Mae Iseri Yamada Interview Segment 22 (ddr-densho-1000-267-22)
An experience with a white family before and after the war

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Mae Iseri Yamada Interview Segment 7 (ddr-densho-1000-267-7)
Description of father's store and attached family home


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Mae Iseri Yamada Interview Segment 20 (ddr-densho-1000-267-20)
Visiting father in the immigration station

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Mae Iseri Yamada Interview Segment 16 (ddr-densho-1000-267-16)
Remembering severe floods as a child

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Mae Iseri Yamada Interview Segment 25 (ddr-densho-1000-267-25)
Living conditions in assembly center, reuniting with father


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Mae Iseri Yamada Interview Segment 18 (ddr-densho-1000-267-18)
Hearing about the bombing of Pearl Harbor

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Mae Iseri Yamada Interview Segment 28 (ddr-densho-1000-267-28)
Leaving camp to work in Idaho and Oregon


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Mae Iseri Yamada Interview Segment 27 (ddr-densho-1000-267-27)
Meeting future husband and getting married in camp

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Mae Iseri Yamada Interview Segment 23 (ddr-densho-1000-267-23)
Helping to register families for mass removal

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Mae Iseri Yamada Interview Segment 29 (ddr-densho-1000-267-29)
Returning to Washington with children while husband was in the service

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Mae Iseri Yamada Interview Segment 17 (ddr-densho-1000-267-17)
Brother's interracial marriage before World War II

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Mae Iseri Yamada Interview Segment 11 (ddr-densho-1000-267-11)
Recollection of Bon Odori as a child

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Mae Iseri Yamada Interview Segment 6 (ddr-densho-1000-267-6)
Father establishes his own grocery store
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